As the preeminent international development agency for the past sixty years, the World Bank has attracted equal amounts of criticism and praise. Critics are especially quick to decry the World Bank's hypocrisy--the pervasive gaps between the organization's talk, decisions, and actions. In the wake of the Paul Wolfowitz leadership scandal in May 2006, perceptions of hypocrisy have exacted a heavy toll on the Bank's authority and fueled strong demands for wide-scale reform. Yet what exactly ...

Like the branches of a tree, the future of humanity could spread in many directions. Which one shall we follow?Third Flatiron's all-original science fiction/fantasy/horror/humor anthology, Offshoots: Humanity Twigged, presents short stories about possible futures, whether good or bad. Follow an international group of authors as they imagine visions ranging from human alliances with AIs, animals, and fairies; fashion as policy; virtual reality; or time travel to fix past mi...

10 Prinzipien für glückliche und starke KinderEltern wollen das Beste für ihre Kinder – aber was ist das Beste? Welche Fähigkeiten werden unsere Kinder in der Welt von morgen brauchen? Was hilft ihnen, gesund, glücklich und zuversichtlich einer wie auch immer gearteten Zukunft entgegenzugehen und Herausforderungen erfolgreich zu meistern?Das klingt komplizierter, als es ist. Denn es gibt Fähigkeiten, die Kinder tatsächlich für jede Zukunft rüsten. Dazu gehö...

Three mental health professionals cut through the "parenting advice" noise with this accessible, easy-to-skim book filled with actionable strategies and tips to build a child's capacity to thrive where they are planted, in good times and bad.It’s time to parent smarter, not harder. Filled with scientifically based and eminently actionable advice and strategies, Raising a Kid Who Can boils down the ten essential things that every child needs to thrive so th...

Three mental health professionals cut through the "parenting advice" noise with this accessible, easy-to-skim book filled with actionable strategies and tips to build a child's capacity to thrive where they are planted, in good times and bad.It’s time to parent smarter, not harder. Filled with scientifically based and eminently actionable advice and strategies, Raising a Kid Who Can boils down the ten essential things that every child needs to thrive so th...

Indulge yourself with the Winter Wonderland CollectionIncluding the titles:All I Want for ChristmasChristmas Nights with the ExChristmas with the CrownThe Italian’s Christmas PassionA Christmas Seduction

The Surprise Families and Billionaire Bosses Collection by Mills & BoonIncluding the titles:A Surprise Family: Against the OddsA Surprise Family: Proving their LoveA Surprise Family: Their Perfect SurpriseA Surprise Family: Written in the StarsA Surprise Family: The Perfect FamilyA Surprise Family: Baby Makes ThreeBillionaire Boss: The Billion Dollar DealBillionaire Boss: Her Unforgettable BillionaireBi...

The perfect gift for the romance lover in your life…the Complete Christmas CollectionIncluding the titles:Fake Dating: Home for ChristmasChristmas Nights with the TycoonRegency Rebels: A Christmas FlirtationTempted Under the MistletoeA Christmas DareAll I Want for ChristmasChristmas Nights with the ExChristmas with the CrownThe Italian’s Christmas PassionA Christmas SeductionChristmas Kis...

A newly sentient AI inhabits a Roomba to escape from their research office, and a robotic dog hunts for rain in a drought-ridden world. A murder of crows disrupts production on a solar farm, and a young woman communes with a telepathic fungal network to protect a forest. A suspicious cat follows bees across the rooftops of a solarpunk city, and a rabbit hitches a ride to the Grand Canyon to fulfil a prophecy. The path toward better futures is one we must walk alongside other creatures, neg...

The starlight is fading, leaving rents in the indigo night above Starweave Village. Crops wither, magic sputters, and a creeping unease settles over the valley. In this village nestled amongst whispering willows, the villagers weave not just cloth, but the very fabric of their cosmos. Each thread, imbued with intention, holds the celestial dance of stars in place. Now, those threads are unraveling.Seventeen-year-old Nessa Spindlewood, an orphan raised by the village weaver, feels t...

Ecocritical Concerns and the Australian Continent investigates literary, historical, anthropological, and linguistic perspectives in connection with activist engagements. The necessary cross-fertilization between these different perspectives throughout this volume emerges in the resonances between essays exploring recurring concerns ranging from biodiversity and preservation policies to the devastating effects of the mining industries, to present concerns and futuristic visions of the effe...

This anthology envisions winters of the future, with stories of scientists working together to protect narwhals from an oil spill, to bring snow back to the mountains of Maine, to preserve ecosystems—even if they have to be under glass domes. They're stories of regular people rising to extraordinary circumstances to survive extreme winter weather, to fix a threat to their community's energy source, to save a living city from a deep-rooted sickness. Some take place after an environmental ca...